Equal justice for all is a cherished ideal in the American system, a system they tried to disrupt. We must do all that we can to preserve that ideal, even for those who try to destroy it, writes Clarence Page.
Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated Central Park Five, displays a full-page ad taken out in 1989 by Donald Trump in the New York Times. Salaam spoke at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond on Sept. 22, 2022.
Adding kerosene to public anger at the time, the ads were reported to have played a major role in securing a conviction. So did false confessions, it turned out, since no DNA linked them to the crime scene and their descriptions of the victim didn’t match. Yet, as Salaam mentions in his tweet, Trump — for whom “apologetic” is not part of his brand — never has apologized. Still, he seeks the presumption of innocence he has denied to others. So be it. Let’s see how well his innocence claims hold up.
Interesting, I said to myself. Since the alleged insurrectionists are mostly white and the D.C. jail’s traditional population is overwhelmingly Black, maybe now they can see how the other half lives.
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